About Our Job
With competitive pay, great benefits, and endless opportunities, working for the City and County of Denver means seeing yourself working with purpose — for you, and those who benefit from your passion, skills and expertise. Join our diverse, inclusive and talented workforce of more than 11,000 team members who are at the heart of what makes Denver, Denver.
What We Offer
The City and County of Denver offers a competitive salary commensurate with education and experience. The salary range for this position is $76,426 - $126,103. We also offer generous benefits for full-time employees which include but are not limited to:
- A guaranteed life-long monthly pension, once vested after 5 years of service
- 457B Retirement Plan
- 140 hours of PTO earned within first year + 11 paid holidays, 1 personal holiday and 1 volunteer day per year
- Competitive medical, dental and vision plans effective within 1 month of start date
This is a limited position with an expected end date of August 31, 2028, with the possibility of extension.
Location
The City and County of Denver supports a hybrid workplace model. Employees work where needed, at a job site 3 days per week and off-site as needed. Employees must work within the state of Colorado on their off-site days.
What You’ll Do
Denver's Department of Public Health and Environment (DDPHE) is dedicated to advancing Denver's environmental and public health goals. DDPHE works collaboratively with city, state and community partners to conduct education, community engagement, and enforcement to promote healthy people, healthy pets, and a sustainable environment. DDPHE oversees a number of services related to public health and the environment and is comprised of six divisions: Division of Shared Services and Business Operations; Community & Behavioral Health; Public Health Investigations; Denver Animal Protection; the Office of Medical Examiner; and Environmental Quality.
As the Senior Analyst - Overdose Prevention, you will lead inquiry and reporting (e.g., surveillance/epidemiology) on fatal and non-fatal overdoses for the City and County of Denver. The work will improve understanding of impacted populations and the circumstances and substances resulting in adverse outcomes to facilitate focused programming and prevent overdoses, with an emphasis on disproportionately impacted populations. You will disseminate timely and actionable information to people who use drugs, their family and friends, service providers, organizational partners, and the public. You will be a key collaborator in Overdose Data to Action (OD2A) activities funded by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).
Job duties and responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Conduct analyses to describe the burden of overdoses and substance use in Denver and identify opportunities for intervention
- Manage, analyze, and report on surveillance data relating to drug overdoses from multiple sources such as emergency medical services, emergency departments, vital records, hospitals, street drug testing lab, and treatment providers
- Understand and share limitations of various data sets while determining the best data to use for quality, timeliness, comparability, validity, quantity, and generalizability; and initiate and lead efforts to improve validity and accuracy of data from various sources
- Leverage and expand upon data and analyses while working closely with harm reduction and linkage to care providers in Denver, rigorously seeking to understand and support implementation of tools that will be most helpful to prevent overdoses in Denver
- Execute data sharing through collaborations with partners such as law enforcement, paramedic services, hospitals, and health providers to obtain appropriate data
- Act as subject matter expert on substance use related data and trends and provide insights and hypotheses about how to leverage information for prevention efforts
- Disseminate learnings and their implications to leadership, program staff, and other partners through clear and responsive reporting, for instance, data visualizations, dashboards, figures, and narratives; use automated systems and tools to support rapid reporting and communication to internal and external partners
- Along with all department staff, this position will actively participate on an emergency preparedness and response team to support DDPHE’s responsibilities outlined in the City’s Emergency Operations Plan. This may require being ‘on-call’ from time to time to help respond to emergencies. Additional training commensurate with assigned duties will be provided
- Other duties as assigned
What You’ll Bring
We value diversity of ethnicity, race, socioeconomic status, sexual identity, gender, religion, language, ability, and experience and exemplify this through the makeup of our team at all levels. You'll be right at home here if you cultivate strong relationships and push yourself, your work, the people around you and Denver to the next level.
Our ideal candidate has some or all the following experience, skills, and characteristics:
- Familiarity with overdose related data sets; experience managing and analyzing quantitative data, including the ability to independently identify and use appropriate concepts, methods, and tools and integrate principles of health equity
- Understanding of substance use disorder and topical evidence-based practices
- Ability to work with diverse partners, including community-based harm reduction organizations, first responders, medical providers, and people who use drugs (PWUD)
- Evidence of supporting programmatic practice through leveraging data
- Ability to present findings in a variety of formats that identify patterns and potential inequities, including skills related to data visualization and data dissemination to diverse audiences
- Collaborative and continuous-learning mindset
- Ability to handle a variety of tasks with a high degree of accuracy
- Ability to work independently and take initiative
Required Minimum Qualifications
- Education requirement: Bachelor's Degree in Public Health, Environmental Health, or in a related field based on a specific position.
- Experience Requirement: Three (3) years of professional experience conducting research and analysis on a variety of environmental or public health issues or conducting environmental or public health inspections and investigations to ensure compliance with regulations and standards.
- Education/Experience Equivalency: One (1) year of the appropriate type and level of experience may be substituted for each required year of post-high school education.
- Additional appropriate education may be substituted for the minimum experience requirements.
- License/Certifications: None.
Application Deadline
This position is expected to stay open until October 31, 2024. Please submit your application as soon as possible and no later than that date at 11:59 p.m. to ensure consideration.
To be considered for this position, you must include the following on your job application (upload the attachment(s) to the Resume/CV section on the My Experience tab):
- Cover letter
- Resume
About Everything Else
Job Profile
CE2267 Environmental Public Health Analyst Senior
To view the full job profile including position specifications, physical demands, and probationary period, click here.
Position Type
Limited (Fixed Term)
Position Salary Range
$76,426.00 - $126,103.00
Starting Pay
Based on education and experience.
Agency
Dept of Public Health & Environment
The City and County of Denver provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, age, or any other status protected under federal, state, and/or local law.
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